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A Peak Ahead: Dark Places, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

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Books And Media

Appalachia

Reviews of: The Race that Changed Running: The Inside Story of the UTMB, by Doug Mayer; Been Outside: Adventures of Black Women, Nonbinary, and Gender Nonconforming People in Nature, edited by Amber Wendler and Shaz Zamore; AMC's Best Day Hikes in the White Mountains, by Robert N. Buchsbaum; AMC's Best Day Hikes Near Boston, by Michael Tougias, John S. Burk, and Alison O'Leary; AMC's Best Day Hikes Near Washington, D.C., by Jennifer Adach and Beth Homicz; Campfire Stories: Tales from America's National Parks and Trails, Volume II, edited by Dave Kyu and Ilyssa Kyu; …

Skyline Sketches: The Dog Bell, Michael Keck

Appalachia

A bear bell evokes bittersweet memories of a hiker’s deceased dog, Rufus.

Skyline Sketches: Their First Mountain At Ages 75 And 83, Julie Midura

Appalachia

A woman, 75, and her fiancé, 83, climb their first mountain.

Skyline Sketches: A Hiker Called Taps Plays "Taps", William Barrett

Appalachia

A thru-hiker plays “Taps” on his bugle at Lakes of the Clouds Hut in the White Mountains.

News And Notes

Appalachia

A video promoting the Appalachian Mountain Club’s efforts to preserve the night sky wins an Emmy Award from the Boston/New England Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in June 2023. AMC and the Conservation Fund join in purchase of the Barnard Forest in Piscataquis County, Maine.

In Memoriam

Appalachia

Tributes to: John Edward Mullens, who died December 3, 2022, just after receiving the Distinguished Service Award from the Appalachian Mountain Club, which he served as a volunteer in many roles over many years; George DeWolfe, who died July 2, 2023 after a long career as a photographer that included many contributions to AMC projects; and Douglas W. and Mary Louise Backus Rankin, geologist and China historian who’d met working for AMC in the 1950s and who did mountain research together for years before their deaths in 2015 and 2020.

Alpina

Appalachia

Among the many updates on mountaineering in the greater ranges in late 2022 and early 2023 is a report of a record 479 permits issued for Mount Everest in spring 2023; seventeen died. In May 2023, climbers establish a new route on India’s Meru. Updates on Kristin Harila’s record time of completing all fourteen 8,000-meter peaks in 2023. Three climbers establish a new route, Technicolour Superdream, on Alaska’s Mount Huntington. A new route on the East Face of Mount Dickey. German Jost Kobusch tackles a hard route up Denali. A new route by Czechs up Suru Peak in Nepal. An …

Accidents

Appalachia

Reports of rescues and accidents in New Hampshire’s White Mountains from the start of winter weather in November 2022 until mid-April 2023. A detailed analysis of the events of Emily Sotelo’s solo trail-run of the Franconia Ridge, which ended in tragedy. A longtime engineer on the Mount Washington Cog Railway, Joseph Eggleson, died in a fall while taking a photo on Mount Willard. A man succumbs to hypothermia below Mount Lincoln. Two skiers triggered an avalanche on Wildcat Mountain that buried one of them for long minutes. Hikers get in trouble on Mount Chocorua relying on a trail app.

Letters

Appalachia

An appeal for old documents related to the history of ice-climbing, especially back issues of the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Boston Chapter Mountaineering Committee newsletter, The Crux, and documents related to AMC’s New York Chapter Mountaineering Committee and notes from an AMC rock- and ice-climbing guidebook project in the 1960s.

The First Kinship: The Native American Relationship With Katahdin, John W. Neff

Appalachia

An excerpt of the book Katahdin: An Historic Journey: Legends, Explorations, and Preservation of Maine’s Highest Peak, first published in 2006 by Appalachian Mountain Club Books.

Anticipation Is Half The Problem: Navigating 6,649 Reviews Of One Trail In Bryce Canyon, Elissa Ely

Appalachia

A hiker describes the evenly split opinions of thousands of people who’d posted online that they knew the best direction to travel the Fairyland Loop in Bryce Canyon.

Bushwhacking In The Mahoosucs: With A Compass And Laminated Map, A Patient Hiker Finds Magic, William Geller

Appalachia

An experienced backcountry adventurer describes the highlights of 22 trailless trips in New Hampshire and Maine from 1992 to 1994.

Early Encounters With The Underhills: Did They Know The Young Climber Was Jewish?, Steven Jervis

Appalachia

The latest in a series of climbing memoirs by the editor of Appalachia’s Alpina section gives a firsthand look at his experiences meeting climbers Robert and Miriam Underhill in the 1950s, and asks whether Robert Underhill, who had written several anti-Semitic letters in the 1930s and 1940s, knew the author was Jewish.

Waterman Fund Essay Winner: Smoke Report: Lamenting Fire, And The Behaviors That Help Cause It, Austin Hagwood

Appalachia

The winner of Appalachia’s annual essay contest for emerging writers narrates his experience as a fire lookout in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho four years after the Gold Pan Fire burned 42,000 acres.

Finding Brave Blood Above A Raging River: A Via Ferrata Climb Vanquishes Fears In Colorado, Lisa Ballard

Appalachia

An adventurer confronts her fears in Royal Gorge’s rapids and on the cliffs above.

A Long Faller's Reverie: A Climber Investigates Why He Wasn't Scared On A Dangerous 1987 Fall, John Thackray

Appalachia

Now age 89, a climber examines narratives of those who survived dangerous falls as he reconsiders his own bad fall in 1987 in the Mohonk Preserve of New Paltz, New York.

The Exploder: A Miserable Trek Lives Up To An Ecuadoran Volcano's Name, Todd Swain

Appalachia

Flashback to 1991: a climber’s story of a miserable attempt to summit an active volcano.

Broken Pieces: An Accident That Felt Destined, Despite Every Effort To Avoid Complacency, Stacy Boone

Appalachia

An experienced guide’s solo thru-hike of the Oregon Desert Trail ends suddenly with a broken knee and a courageous self-rescue.

Dragonsky Is Born: Coming Out Of A Crisis, Long-Distance Hiking Saves Her Life, Shilletha Curtis

Appalachia

Learning of the Appalachian Trail from a stranger, a woman decides to hike it, realizing that few people of color have explored long trails.

The Long Way Home: The Winds Of Randomness, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

A sudden, random injury clarifies how greatly luck figures in mountain walking.

Appalachia Winter/Spring 2024: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Winter/Spring 2024 - Volume LXXV, Number 1 - Issue #257. Engines of Extremes: Stories of pushing beyond previous limits.

Creating An Index To Graduate Theses To Support Their Discoverability, Ellen Petraits

Transforming Libraries for Graduate Students

As a Research and Instruction Librarian, one of the most frequent questions I'm asked is how to find past theses on a particular topic or theme. There is an active thesis culture at RISD that goes beyond writing and binding a text. An exhibition is held in the graduate gallery to celebrate a curated selection of theses at the beginning of the academic year. (See Book of Thesis Books) Theses can range in format from an artist book to a loose-leaf portfolio. Many emphasize the visual and are a bridge to the student’s studio work. They may include unusual or …

You’Re Invited! Collaborating With Faculty And Students To Create A Successful Library Event, Laura Semrau

Transforming Libraries for Graduate Students

To celebrate the 400^th anniversary of the printing of Shakespeare’s First Folio, the Baylor University Libraries hosted a three-day celebration; “Shakespeare 400” drew faculty members from six academic departments and leveraged the talents of both graduate and undergraduate students. The four main events drew a cumulative crowd of over 200 people. Graduate students contributed to the events through music performance, a dramatic reading, enthusiastic promotion, and engaged participation. This presentation will explore key take-aways for including graduate students in library events.

The success of Shakespeare 400 was largely due to collaborations between the library, faculty members, and graduate …

Tolkien: Uomo, Professore, Autore (2023), Ivano Sassanelli

Journal of Tolkien Research

Book review, by Ivano Sassanelli, of Tolkien: Uomo, Professore, Autore (2023)

Blue Moon: Exploring The Complexities Of Human Love Through A Werewolf Romance Novel, Kayla Lafroth

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Blue Moon is a werewolf romance novel that emphasizes the heartbreak and triumph of human love through a cast of non-human characters. This story is written to explore the complexities of love, acting as an intersection between werewolves and romantic tragedy. In Blue Moon, Luna’s perfect world comes crashing down when her soulmate, Aspen, rejects her as his mate, something unheard of in werewolf culture. In a desperate attempt to win his affection, Luna feigns a soulmate bond with Kodiak, an alpha werewolf who is looked down upon for having no mate. As the layers of Luna’s relationship with …

Corporatizing Violence: Targeted Repression Of Indigenous Dissent In Democratic States, Laikaika Layne Rivera

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis explores state repression of disruptive protests against private development projects in democracies. Using a mixed methods approach, including logistic regression and case studies, the research identifies key factors influencing repression. Indigenous leadership, fragmented public opposition, and private elite influence increase the likelihood of violent repression. The findings suggest that when public resistance is insufficient against powerful private interests, coercive institutions resort to violent strategies to quell disruptions and signal increased costs for future dissent. State repression is more likely when the protest movement is comprised of Indigenous groups than compared to those of the general public. The study …

"In The Footsteps Of Hercules": The Influence Of Classical Antiquity On Eighteenth-Century Militaries, Scott Madere

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This project examines the pervasive influence of ancient Roman and Greek figures, historical events, literature, and military methods on the leaders and practitioners of eighteenth-century warfare. Rulers, generals, military theorists, and officers frequently consulted classical histories and literature for solutions to the common military problems of the period – tactical, operational, and strategic – showing remarkable faith in ancient military methods despite their growing dependence on gunpowder weaponry and related technologies. This dissertation examines why this was the case and concludes that classical antiquity not only maintained the credibility of its wisdom in the context of modern warfare, but also …

“The History Of Every Country Begins In The Heart Of A…Woman”: Willa Cather’S Reclamation Of The Female American Immigrant Through Edenic Western Narratives, Emma Fox

Undergraduate Honors Theses

This thesis analyzes Willa Cather’s Great Plains Trilogy—O, Pioneers! (1913), The Song of the Lark (1915), and My Ántonia (1918)—in the context of the immigration boom of the early 1900s and the myth of an “American Eden.” This concept was born of cultural portrayals of the West as dominated by white, male pioneers who subdued the landscape, but Cather’s novels, centered around immigrant families, significantly revise this popular myth. Nativists saw the West as the source of American virtues such as democracy and diligence and viewed sending immigrants West as an essential tool for “Americanization,” the process by which …

The Boundaries Of Melodramatic Film Music: Redefining Home Through The Score Of Douglas Sirk’S All That Heaven Allows, Meredith Donovan

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In this project, I analyze the relationship between music and narrative in Douglas Sirk’s 1950 film All That Heaven Allows. Sirk’s melodramas are held in high regard by film scholarship, but their scores, especially those composed by Frank Skinner, are often dismissed as lazy or mere atmospheric mood assistance. I argue, however, that the score of Sirk’s All That Heaven Allows builds protagonist Cary both a home—and a “home key”—through its tonal structure, rejecting a rigid boundary between diegetic and non-diegetic music as a whole by offering a fluid musical space to express the conflict between Cary’s emotional home and …